Phonograph



April 7, 1931. E. B. CRAFT 1,799,809

PHONOGRAPH File Dec. 17, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 7, 1931,

- E. B. CRAFT 1,799,809

PHONOGRAPH Filed D 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNBTE SlTATES ATENT EDWARD B. CRAFT, OF HACKENSACZ I, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN ELEG- IR-IC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK Application filed December 17, 13:24.

This invention relates to phonographs and more particularly to a cabinet type phonograph in which the bell portion of the horn occupies substantially one full side of the cabinet.

The object of the invention is to provide in phonographs of this type, a ready and convenient means for storing records without enlarging the cabinet or interfering with sound propagation.

In accordance with the general features of this invention, record supporting means are. provided in the bell portion or portions of the horn arranged to receive and hold a plurality of disc type records firmly in place in spaced relation and longitudinally disposed in said bell portion.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet phonograph constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away, to show the construction of the horn.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section showing a modification of the invention.

As shown in the drawings, the invention may be employed in connection with a substantially rectangular upright cabinet divided into a small upper compartment 5 and a large compartment 6 which constitutes the entire lower portion of the cabinet.

The upper compartment 5 contains the usual turntable 7 adapted to carry a disc record 8, and a radial hollow tone arm 9 carrying at its free end the usual sound reproducer 10. The upper compartment may be enclosed by means of a hinged cover 11.

The reproducer horn is located in the enlar ed lower compartment 6, and in accord ance with the invention, is adapted substantially to fill the lower compartment, including the space usually allotted for the storage of records.

The front of the cabinet may be provided with a pair of vertical doors 12 extending from the bottom of the upper compartment 5 to the floor of the compartment 6, and held by suitable hinges secured to the opposite sides of the cabinet. he doors are PHONOGRAPH Serial No. 756,409.

preferably formed of lattice work backed by. a thin cloth through which the sound may readily be propagated when the doors are closed.

The bell portion of the horn which may be of any suitable type is preferably rectangular in cross section having two parallel walls 13 and 14, which may also serve as the side walls of the phonograph cabinet, and two liverging walls 15 and 16 having an inwardly projecting centrally located ridge portion 17. Assuming the horn to be of the folded or doubled back type, such as is disclosed in Patent 1,747,830 to H. C. Harrisen, February 18, 1930, there will be between the walls a partition 18 dividing the bell portion into two substantially equal chambers 19 and 20 communicating witl each other at the rear edge of the partition 18.

The partition 18 is provided with sound channels communicating with chambers 19 and 20 and with the throat 21 which is connected at the other end to the tone arm 9.

Means are provided in each of the chain bers 19 and 20 for storing a series of disc records without interfering with the propagation of sound therethrough. Since the record racks in the two chambers may be identical, only the rack associated with the upper chamber will be described in detail.

A pair of supports or cross bars 22 and 23 are mounted in substantially parallel planes between the sidewalls 13 and 14 of the horn which, as pointed out above, may also serve as the side walls of the phonograph cabinet. The cross bars 22 and 23 are provided with a series of aligned slots 24: adapted to receive a series of disc records 27. The slots 24 are preferablylinedwith felt or other suitable 1 A strip of felt or other suitable damping material 28 is mounted on the face of the diverging wall 15, ant. a similar strip 29 is mounted on the sloping face of the partition 18 to serve as rests tor the edges of the records 27.

It will be seen that a large number of disc records may be con 'eniently stored in both of: the chambers 19 and 20 of the horn. Since the disc records are lirmly held in position in planes substantially parallel to a plane in which sound waves are propagated through the horn, the records do not interfere with the eilicient amplification of the sound waves.

The space above the back of the diverging wall 15 may be utilized as a housing for the motor which actuates the turntable of the machine. The motor may be incased in a box 30 secured to the wall which separates the compartments 5 and 6.

If desired, the record rack may be constructed, as shown in Fig. a. In such case, the cross bars 22 and 2; and also the rod 26, if desired, are dispensed with and the records are supported wholly between the di vergingfaces oi the compartments 19 and 20. The sloping face oi the partition 18 and the i ace of the diverging wall 15 are provided with a series or aligned slots 31 and respectively, which may be lined with felt. The slo-.s 3:2 are preferably elongated,

as shown, to permit the records 27 to be readily inserted and withdrawn.

The invention is not limited, of course, to the particular type of horn herein shown and described. lf desired, the horn may be coneshaped or, in fact, of any other desired style or construction.

The invention is also susceptible of various other modifications and adaptations not specifically enumerated above, but included within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a phonograph, a cabinet, a horn therein having a bell portion the mouth of which is substantially equal in area to one side of the cabinet, and means in said horn for upporting records of the disc type at their edges only in parallel spaced relation.

2. in a phonograph, a cabine a horn therein having a bell portion the mouth of which is substantially equal in area to one side of the cabinet, and record supporting means therein for supportinga plurality of disc records at their edges only in spaced relation and longitudinally disposed in said bell portion.

In a phonograph, a cabinet, a horn therein having a bell portion substantially coextensive with one side of the cabinet, and divided into two sections, and means in each of said sections for supporting a plurality of disc records at their edges only and in noninterfering relation to the sound Waves through the horn.

l. In a phonograph, a horn having a bell portion, and means in said bell portion for supporting records of the disc type at their edges only in parallel spaced relation without interfering with sound reproduction.

5. In a pl'ionograph, a horn having a bell portion, and record supporting means therein for supporting a plu ality of disc records at their edges only in spaced relation and longitudinally disposed in said bell portion.

6. In a phonograph, a cabinet, a horn therein having a bell portion substantially coextensive with one side of the cabinet, and means in said bell portion for supporting a plurality of disc records at their edges only and in non-interfering relation to the sound waves through the horn.

i. In a phonogrz ph, a horn having a rectangular bell portion, transverse members within said bell portion adapted to support disc type records therein in spaced relation and in parallel vertical planes.

8. In a phonograph, a horn having a rectangular bell portion, a plurality of transverse members adapted to support disc type records within said bell portion, one of said members having slots therein whereby Said records are held in spaced relation and so disposed that the records lie in vertical parallel planes parallel to the axis of said bell portion.

9. in a phonograph, a horn having a rec tangular bell comprising opposite parallel Walls and opposite diverging walls and means within said bell portion for supporting disc type records in spaced relation and parallel to said parallel walls, said means constituting transverse members supported by said parallel walls and other members supported by said diverging Walls.

10. In a phonograph, a horn. having a bell portion, and record supporting means therein whereby a plurality of disc records may be supported at all times in parallel spaced relation without interfering with sound reproduction.

11. In a phonograph, a horn having a bell portion, and record supporting means therein for slfipporting a plurality of disc records at their edges only, said records forming dividing oartitions in said bell portion.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 12 day of December, A. D. 192%.

EDlVARD B. CRAFT. 

